Afghan interpreters who fell in love with US soldiers struggle in visa limbo
Danielle Bennett, pictured with children in Kandahar, began the US visa process with Karim, an Afghan interpreter, just after they became engaged in 2011. When Mary Ann Rollins was deployed to Afghanistan with the Utah National Guard, she was prepared for bullets, bombs, danger and even death – but not love. During the months spent on tiny bases in the forested and often deadly mountains of eastern Afghanistan, she became close friends with Zia, an Afghan interpreter who regularly put himself in harm's way to save others, who always had time for local children and a kind word for anyone who was down. Rollins' tour ended in 2009, but her close friendship with Zia continued over Skype and email – and grew into something more. Two years after leaving Afghanistan in uniform she was back as a civilian to get married. read the rest of the article here in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/29/afghan-interpreters-us-p...